Monday, June 1, 2009

Upgrade similar to the recent one on Add/Upload an Asset.

Some user communities were starting to experience difficulties with the INCLUDE function from the Manage Load screen. This was the result of how the screen attempted to manage the ever growing amounts of data.

Prior to this upgrade, the screen called all the data for all the Companies you are allowed to see as you entered the screen and then used a JavaScript, to run an array against that data based on any drop down selections. As Company counts grew and with the ability to create an endless number of Asset Types resulting in an ever expanding length in the Asset Type List for a site, the screen began to experience issues.

The Upgrade:
When you arrive on the screen the drop down will already be displaying the Company for the Project to which you are contextual; and the Asset Type list for the second drop down will already be built with the Asset Types for that Company.

That may mean you will experience a three to five second delay in being placed on the screen the first time as the screen anticipates your requirements.

If you switch the Inventory Company drop down, you will notice a 2 second refresh. Just like a switch of the Inventory Company drop down on View/Edit/Select or when switch the Company in Create a Project and your list of potential Project Owners is built. A call is being made to the db.

Users who once experienced delays in calling the screen should see those gone away and users yet to have larger lists of Companies and associated longer lists of Asset Types they are allowed to see will likely never experience an issue.

Please provide us feedback, good or bad on this and all system upgrades.